Shore is the 4th leading scorer for the Heat this season (well, not counting Shinkaruk's points in Utica anyways), and everyone above him plus Poirier and Hathaway below him have had a call-up (though Hathaway was obviously recalled for different reasons other than scoring).
Hope he shows better this time around, though it is a short look. He seemed very vanilla to me in the NHL - didn't stand out much in any way. He is a 25 year old with more NHL experience than any other call-up thus far, so one would expect a bit more from him. I would agree with the posts above that if he doesn't impress this time around in the next game (or two) that the Flames probably won't qualify him.
As for Arnold - either his injuries came at the most inopportune times (I think at least one did - he was on a roll last season and then got injured right before the Flames recalled someone), or the Flames are showing more patience with him, or the Flames have come to the conclusion that Arnold is not likely to become an NHL'er. Will be interesting to see where that goes.
I wonder who will be the next call-up. Elson is a guy they should 'reward' with a game for his complete effort. Arnold (as already covered)? Van Brabant?
I wouldn't mind seeing Sieloff - I completely wrote him off last year, but he looked great in camp and pre-season. Doubt they would recall Kylington. Don't think Morrisson either (though his points relative to the other defencemen aren't bad, but he has been inconsistent at best).
I have no idea who is the most likely to be recalled for the last game if you exclude players that have already had a call-up.
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